Middle Gate

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    The exhibition project Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna is a collaboration between M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) and the cultural centre de Werft in Geel. Middle Gate II is the follow up to the exhibition Middle Gate, curated by Jan Hoet in Geel in 2013. The exhibition concept is closely tied to the legend of the holy Dymphna, saint of the possessed, the mentally ill and patroness against epilepsy and insanity. The legend of Dymphna shares a strong connection to the identity of Geel, "the charitable city".

    Kati Heck

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    ©Courtesy Stichting ‘De Arend’ - Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
    Muse kommt flöten... (saftiger Freund Pegasus), 2013
    Kati Heck
    Painting , 260 x 400 cm
    oil on canvas

    Muse kommt flöten... (saftiger Freund Pegasus) is based on the 17th-century painting Pegasus by Jacob Jordaens. Pegasus now has in part acquired human form. Against a storm-ridden background, six ecstatic personages complete the canvas, one of whom literally takes root in the foreground.

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